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Mosie Welch
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Nature lover, from the back pasture to beyond. Wife, mom, grandma. Poodle and horse lover. Fat Bears matter. Democracy is a year round concern.
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Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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1. The single most pernicious and damaging societal imperative I see in action right now, with Ireland in a Covid wave, is this:

'There's no need to test'.

Why? Not just because it tacitly normalises unmitigated transmission, but, more importantly, it hides Long Covid.
August 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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No more trophy hunting for big beautiful creatures says British Columbia
British Columbia ends grizzly bear hunt, calls it ‘no longer socially acceptable’
"It's no longer socially acceptable to the vast majority of British Columbians to hunt grizzly bears," said Doug Donaldson, the Minister of ...
www.whitewolfpack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I just managed to mangle the quote "the arc of history bends towards justice" live, on MSNBC @nicollewallace.bsky.social, quoting Governor Pritzker. But I liked what he said next: "it doesn't bend on its own."
August 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Do not come, Donald Trump.

You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.
August 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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JUST IN: A federal appeals court concludes that discarding mail ballots in misdated or undated envelopes violates the Constitution.
August 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The degree to which American civil society and the media have folded and become collaborators in fascism under the slightest pressure from a weak authoritarian with <40% approval is utterly demoralizing.

We are a paper tiger society.
August 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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New in PN: Trump's red state army threatens America's cities

"What this latest executive order purports to do is to allow Trump to send red state guard members into blue states, shattering the entire concept of state sovereignty."
Trump's red state army threatens America's cities
DC is just the appetizer.
www.publicnotice.co
August 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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I know this is not a unique observation but public health was basically created to deal with the Spanish flu, and then a century later COVID hit and killed twice as many people and our response was to destroy public health
August 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, officially creating the National Park Service to protect and preserve America’s natural wonders and historic treasures “for the enjoyment of this and future generations.”
August 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Today is the National Park Service’s birthday! 🥳🏞️

You know what would be a great birthday gift? Not firing staff or cutting funds from the agency responsible for keeping our public lands pristine and accessible!
August 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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So far during Trump's 2nd term, the DOJ has fired or demoted more than two dozen prosecutors who were assigned to hold January 6th insurrectionists accountable.

They were fired for doing their jobs and protecting our democracy. That's outrageous.
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Strikes Down Gerrymandered Map, Reinstates Voter-Approved Redistricting Reforms
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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This is replacing a previous post: A Veteran was detained outside of the White House by Secret Service after burning an American flag.
August 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Today in Alabama, @runforsomething.net candidate Alex Braswell is up in a special election for AL state house -- she's the first Democrat to run there in 15 years; Kamala only won 9% of the vote. This is the reddest of red places. It's still worth fighting for & giving people there a choice.
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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New -- #Ohio is ranked 37th in public education quality

wallethub.com/edu/e/states...
States With the Best & Worst School Systems in 2025
States With the Best & Worst School Systems in 2025
wallethub.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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TAKE ACTION‼️📣 #Ohio Republicans are seriously considering ignoring the U.S. Constitution and forcing libraries to hide books:
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
Tell Ohio politicians: Leave our libraries alone
Ohio Republicans are considering forcing libraries to hide books
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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"What’s happening in #Ohio is a result of a wider effort by conservative politicians to push for more children to attend charter and private schools, many of which are run by religious organizations"
August 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Many of you have told us that you’re really frustrated with your elected officials. The good news is we’re heading into a primary season where we get to determine the leaders of the Democratic Party.
August 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Republicans are hoping that the American people will forget about Trump’s Epstein cover-up. But we’re keeping the pressure on the GOP and demanding the release of ALL the Epstein files. Help us put these billboards up in Republican districts across the country: secure.actblue.com/donate/epste...
August 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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In Mexico, women are, and have been, on the front lines of community defense. In Cherán MICH, Purépecha women drove organized crime from their community. In Teuchitlán JAL, it was the mothers of missing kids who exposed the ranch crematorium. We’re on the frontlines here too.
It might be my algorithms. But, from my vantage point, it is largely women—be they white Lululemon SoCal types or women of color, women’s young or old, some with abounding privilege or none at all—who are calling out ICE agents and shaming the ever loving fuck out of them www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Vt5ACh/
#ice #migration #redadas #icehoy #migrante
TikTok video by Consejero oficial 👮‍♀️
www.tiktok.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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I just signed the Election Rigging Response Act to put Proposition 50 up for a vote on November 4th.

The people of California will have the power to push back against Texas and any other state that obeys Donald Trump's demand to rig the next election.
August 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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If Vance hoped to persuade his audience, rather than simply insult it, he failed. Indeed, his speech backfired spectacularly, convincing many listeners that America itself is now a threat to Europe. One prominent German politician said: “That was a direct assault on European democracy.”
Vance’s real warning to Europe
Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America
www.ft.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM